On a site with many editors, some page templates are only appropriate for one time use, and it would be great to exclude these templates from the list of available choices when creating or editing a page...for anyone who is lower than an Administrator.

I imagine a new, optional configuration parameter could be added to the setup of a page template, just under "Template Name:...". It could be something like "Required Role:", and a comma separated list of roles by slug could follow. Then the get_page_templates() function could have some very simple logic that check if the current user has permission to use a template and exclude it from the list of options in Page Attributes metabox if the user does not have permission.

Of course, if there is already a way to do this with out editing core WP files, I apologize, please steer me in the right direction!

]]>Jen on "Access restriction to Blogpostings"https://wordpress.org/ideas/topic/access-restriction-to-blogpostings#post-15957
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:45:23 +0000Jen15957@https://wordpress.org/ideas/There are already built in permission restrictions based on role (Admin, Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber). If you want further restrictions and customizations, I'd suggest using a plugin like Role Manager.
]]>idotter on "Access restriction to Blogpostings"https://wordpress.org/ideas/topic/access-restriction-to-blogpostings#post-15952
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:50:51 +0000idotter15952@https://wordpress.org/ideas/I'd like to assign each member some roles/groups. Based on these groups I'd like to restrict access to blogentries.

E.g: There are three groups : admin, user, guest

Users assigned to the group "user" will only see blogposts which are assigned to this group by the author etc.

If this is gonna work with BuddyPress' groups that would be marvellous!

]]>raisinlove on "Non WP directory access to registered users only"https://wordpress.org/ideas/topic/non-wp-directory-access-to-registered-users-only#post-7110
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:57:57 +0000raisinlove7110@https://wordpress.org/ideas/This might be a bit of a stretch but I was wondering if there was a way to restrict access to directories outside of the Wordpress loop to Worpress logged in users. As it stands, I'm using an htaccess file to restrict access to some directories, but users who have logged into Worpress still have to log in to access these. Could it be as simple as making my htaccess files match the one generated by Worpress?
]]>LostInNetwork on "Hidden Category"https://wordpress.org/ideas/topic/hidden-category#post-1608
Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:19:10 +0000LostInNetwork1608@https://wordpress.org/ideas/Just install the Category Visibility plugin?
]]>John Blackbourn on "Integrate "Front Page Categories 2.0""https://wordpress.org/ideas/topic/integrate-front-page-categories-20#post-1521
Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:37:37 +0000John Blackbourn1521@https://wordpress.org/ideas/We've got static front pages in 2.1 now so I don't see why this feature couldn't be added at some point.
]]>Robert Accettura on "Hidden Category"https://wordpress.org/ideas/topic/hidden-category#post-1455
Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:49:17 +0000Robert Accettura1455@https://wordpress.org/ideas/On occasion there may be a desire to give a post a category (hence it's own RSS feed), but don't really want that category visible.

For example if a blog's post from category 'foo' are syndicated to planet.foo.tld. Perhaps a post about foo shouldn't be syndicated but still categorized as 'foo'. Well if planet.foo.tld points to the hidden category, one can still categorize as 'foo' and not check 'fooplanet'.

This would enhance the ability to offer feeds for various purposes without hindering/cluttering in some cases. Nobody wants to see several foo categories.

just search the forum for "frontpage category" - you'll get the point why i bring this one up :)

i recently found the plugin "Front Page Categories 2.0" from Ryan Boren (ironically, after searching the forums hehe) and i can't see a reason why this so often asked for plugin hasn't been discovered and integrated yet.